Queen Elizabeth II will not attend a religious ceremony on Monday in the abbey westminsterin what was to be his first public act after months of absence due to health problems, Buckingham Palace announced on Friday.
“The Queen has asked the Prince of Wales to represent Her Majesty in the Commonwealth service at Westminster Abbey on Monday,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement, giving no further details about her absence.
The sovereign of 96 years had planned to attend this event on the occasion of the British Commonwealth Day (Commonwealth), which is expected to be attended by 1,500 people.
That ceremony was to be Isabel II’s first public act in months after suffering various health problems, including a covid-19 infection.
Now Rumors about his state of health returnafter he canceled a diplomatic reception on March 2, which was to be his first major act since October.
After having passed a month in the hospital in october for “preliminary examinations” to be carried out, on which no details were ever given, the British sovereign carried out “light tasks” from his castle at Windsor, on the advice of doctors.
The queen “will keep other committed acts previously, including the face-to-face ones you have next week,” Buckingham added.
Thus, Elizabeth II has scheduled for March 29 the ceremony in memory of Prince Philip, her husband, who passed away in April 2021.
mild covid
Despite its iron healthafter hospitalization in October the queen canceled several important trips, such as the trip to the Climate Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, in November. Buckingham Palace then explained that he had back problems, to justify another cancellation a few days later.
The queen, who on February 6 turned 70 years on the throne (a record for a British monarch), he appeared in recent months on occasion walking with a cane, and during a meeting with two high-ranking military officials in Windsor in mid-February, he acknowledged that he has trouble “moving”, while pointing to his leg left.
On February 20, Buckingham announced that the queen had covid-19, but that her symptoms were “mild”. And her son, Prince Charles, claimed in early March that Elizabeth II “was already much better”.
Head of State of 15 of the 54 countries on five continents that make up the “Commonwealth”, the monarch has great appreciation for the British Commonwealth. Monday’s ceremony (for which special music has been composed for her 70-year reign), was to be broadcast live on television.
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In June there are plans four days of festivities to celebrate the jubilee platinum of the queen (70 years on the throne), with a military parade in London, lunches in the public gardens, a historical reconstruction of her 70 years of reign and a concert at Buckingham Palace.
Since the pandemic began, the monarch lives in retirement at Windsor Castlesome 40 km west of London, where he has held the vast majority of his official engagements, either online or in person, such as when he hosted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday.